On Monday, April 15, American Criminologist Charis Kubrin will be on campus to deliver a Jacobs School of Music Distinguished Lecture Series talk titled “Art or Confession? Rap Music as Evidence in Criminal Trials”. The talk will take place in The Grand Hall at the Cook Center for Public Arts & Humanities, located in Maxwell… Read more »
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Music Theory PhD Student Wins New Works Commission
IU Music Theory PhD student, Hippocrates Cheng, was just announced as a winner of the 3rd New Works commission project, hosted by the Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana. His chamber opera, All of Us, is inspired by true stories from people of Asian-American and Pacific Islander heritage. Through this work, he seeks… Read more »
IU Graduate Music Theory and Musicology Associations Host 30th Annual Symposium of Research in Music
On Friday and Saturday, February 23-24, the Graduate Theory Association (GTA) and Graduate Musicology Association (GMA) will host the Thirtieth Annual Symposium of Research in Music. The symposium will featured twelve student presentations with panels on topics ranging from “Applying Analytical and Pedagogical Models” to “From Country to K-Pop: Perspectives on Popular Music.” In addition… Read more »
Noriko Manabe and Jay Hook Receive Prestigious Awards at SMT
This past weekend, the Society for Music Theory and American Musicological Society convened in Denver, Colorado, for their joint annual meeting. In addition to the numerous presentations and panels offered, SMT announces a series of publication awards that recognize significant contributions to the discipline of music theory. We are thrilled to share that two IU… Read more »
PhD Student Loida Garza Receives Robert Walser and Susan McClary Fellowship
We are thrilled to share that Loida (Lois) Garza has been awarded the Robert Walser and Susan McClary Fellowship from the Society for American Music for her work on “Julián Carrillo and ‘El Sonido Trece’: A Revolution for the Enrichment, Purification, and Simplification of Music.” The fellowship is awarded biennially to an outstanding Ph.D. candidate… Read more »
Dr. Noriko Manabe Appointed to IU Music Theory Faculty
The IU Jacobs School of Music Department of Music Theory welcomes Dr. Noriko Manabe as professor of music in music theory, effective Aug. 1. “We’re thrilled to welcome to the Music Theory Department faculty Dr. Noriko Manabe, who has been a pioneer of interdisciplinary work in music theory and ethnomusicology,” said Kyle Adams, chair of… Read more »
“Visualizing Music” by Prof. Eric Isaacson Available from IU Press
Congratulations to Prof. Eric Isaacson on the publication of his book, Visualizing Music, a resource for anyone who creates musical graphics for use in their scholarship and teaching. It was released on May 2, 2023, by Indiana University Press as part of its “Musical Meaning and Interpretation” series, edited by former Jacobs School faculty member… Read more »
A Celebration of Mathematics and Music
On Monday, April 10, the IU Department of Mathematics will host “A Celebration of Mathematics and Music.” The evening will feature a lecture titled “Music as a Mathematician’s Playground” by Prof. Julian Hook and poster presentations by three IU students — music theory PhD students David Orvek and Lizhou Wang and Walker Smith, a student… Read more »
René Rusch Visits IU Music Theory for Five Friends Master Class Series Lectures
Wednesday through Friday, March 22-24, René Rusch (University of Michigan) will visit the Indiana University Department of Music Theory. Prof. Rusch will deliver two talks on the music of Franz Schubert as well as hold individual meetings with graduate students. She will also lead a workshop titled “From Perceptions to Representations” that explores the value… Read more »
IU Alumni Win SMT Awards
Congratulations to IU Music Theory alumnus Mitch Ohriner (PhD 2011), who won a 2022 Wallace Berry Award for his book Flow: The Rhythmic Voice in Rap Music (OUP, 2019). Presented each year by the Society for Music Theory, the award is given for a “distinguished book by an author of any age or career stage.”… Read more »